Questions and struggles regarding one’s faith journey.
Why do I hesitate to give my all to God? Why do I not want to lose my life for the sake of God’s Kingdom? Jesus said, “If you seek to save your life, you will lose it, but if you seek to lose your life for the sake of the Kingdom, you will find it.” So, if I seek to hang onto my life, I lose out. If I embrace dying to self, I…
The more we spend time in God’s presence, the more we connect with him and the more we desire him. Does your heart yearn for more than what you are experiencing by going to church once or twice a week? Do you want more even though you spend time reading your Bible and praying? Perhaps you hear of people who have been used mightily by God, whether in the past or who are active today,…
There’s much about healing I don’t understand. Do we need the gift of healing to pray for someone to be healed or can anyone pray? With the gift of healing, the Holy Spirit gives an awareness that God would like to heal a certain person or segment of people. It sometimes is accompanied with the feeling of heat or tingling in the hands and sometimes not. Some people experience this gift and have a ministry…
(Originally written Dec. 2022) How should we, as followers of Jesus Christ, engage our culture? There is no doubt such an engagement is critical. We, as a collective Church, have not been very good at going out, at reaching beyond our church walls into the communities where our churches reside. Yet, Jesus said to go. But, how do we reach individuals inside their homes, how do we engage in the public square? I know there…
My flesh is rising up in me today, kicking back against this idea of suffering, of dying to self, of giving up my life in order that I might gain God, gain his life, be able to walk in the Spirit more effectively. My flesh and spirit are at war. I don’t want to die. I don’t want to give up my creature comforts, much less my physical needs. And yet, my heart yearns for…